Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1905
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Boroughs. | Estimated Population middle of 1905. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1000 Living. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and Ill-defined Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
County of London | 4,648,794 | 126,620 | 70,442 | 27.1 | 15.1 | 1.70 | 7.894 | 10 | 1,709 | 549 | 546 | 1,487 | — | 234 | 3 | 3,356 | 6,622 | 129 |
Paddington | 147.935 | 3,185 | 1,964 | 21.6 | 13.3 | 1.39 | 205 | - | 62 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 5 | 78 | 142 | 123 | ||
Kensington | 180,083 | 3,458 | 2,515 | 19.3 | 14.0 | 1.39 | 250 | — | 56 | 21 | 9 | 60 | - | 13 | — | 91 | 204 | 144 |
Hammersmith | 119.037 | 3,110 | 1,647 | 26.2 | 13.9 | 1.70 | 202 | — | 28 | 11 | 21 | 57 | - | 5 | — | 80 | 138 | 135 |
Fulham | 157,210 | 4,760 | 2,364 | 30.4 | 15.1 | 2.71 | 425 | — | 84 | 22 | 24 | 83 | - | 10 | - | 202 | 191 | 145 |
Chelsea | 74,496 | 1.583 | 1,100 | 21.3 | 14.8 | 1.03 | 76 | — | 5 | 9 | 5 | 22 | - | 4 | — | 31 | 112 | 117 |
City of Westminster | 175,606 | 2,940 | 2.358 | 16.8 | 13.5 | 0.81 | 140 | — | 38 | 15 | 5 | 28 | - | 4 | — | 50 | 265 | 114 |
St. Marylebone | 129,456 | 3.879 | 2,000 | 30.0 | 15.5 | 1.12 | 143 | — | 38 | 15 | 5 | 24 | - | 6 | 1 | 54 | 188 | 88 |
Hampstead | 88,142 | 1,421 | 821 | 16.2 | 9.3 | 0.53 | 47 | — | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | - | 2 | — | 11 | 73 | 94 |
St. Pancras | 236,183 | 5.811 | 3.713 | 24.7 | 15.8 | 1.50 | 354 | — | 77 | 27 | 26 | 82 | - | 7 | — | 135 | 357 | 135 |
Islington | 342.994 | 8,604 | 4,960 | 25.2 | 14.5 | 1.47 | 502 | 1 | 123 | 38 | 34 | 112 | - | 16 | — | 178 | 432 | 125 |
Stoke Newington | 52,828 | 1,078 | 679 | 20.5 | 12.9 | 1.14 | 60 | — | 12 | 3 | 5 | 10 | - | — | — | 30 | 70 | 122 |
Hackney | 228,479 | 5.884 | 3,201 | 25.8 | 14.0 | 1.98 | 45i | 2 | 83 | 19 | 26 | 65 | - | 27 | — | 229 | 263 | 129 |
Holborn | 56,481 | 1,603 | 985 | 28.5 | 17.5 | 1.12 | 63 | — | 11 | 4 | 4 | 17 | - | 4 | — | 23 | 160 | 92 |
Finsbury | 98,207 | 3,398 | 1,863 | 34.7 | 19.0 | 2.17 | 213 | — | 41 | 21 | 12 | 32 | - | 9 | — | 98 | 198 | 127 |
City of London | 22,425 | 302 | 39o | 13.5 | 17.4 | 0.57 | 13 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | — | — | 7 | 30 | 149 |
Shoreditch | 116,565 | 3,897 | 2,286 | 33.5 | 19.7 | 2.96 | 344 | 2 | 63 | 28 | 18 | 88 | - | 3 | — | 142 | 228 | 167 |
Bethnal Green | 130,401 | 4,321 | 2,418 | 33.2 | 18.6 | 2.27 | 294 | - | 47 | 26 | 31 | 54 | — | 8 | 1 | 127 | 265 | 151 |
Stepney | 305,465 | 10,744 | 5.381 | 35.3 | 17.7 | 2.58 | 787 | 1 | 157 | 58 | 61 | 137 | - | 21 | 1 | 351 | 524 | 141 |
Poplar | 170,280 | 5,449 | 2,992 | 32.1 | 17.6 | 2.65 | 451 | — | 79 | 29 | 41 | 80 | - | 11 | — | 211 | 260 | 153 |
South wark | 208,528 | 6,240 | 3,848 | 30.0 | 18.5 | 2.39 | 500 | — | 154 | 28 | 44 | 80 | - | 11 | — | 183 | 443 | 148 |
Bermondsey | 129,006 | 4,289 | 2,408 | 33.3 | 18.7 | 2.21 | 285 | __ | 62 | 17 | 18 | 37 | _ | 8 | 143 | 230 | 148 | |
Lambeth | 313,045 | 8,838 | 4,646 | 28.3 | 14.9 | 1.50 | 465 | — | 96 | 31 | 37 | 80 | — | 10 | — | 211 | 431 | 115 |
Battersea | 177,532 | 4,843 | 2,567 | 27.4 | 14.5 | 1.99 | 351 | — | 125 | 24 | 12 | 51 | - | 6 | — | 133 | 238 | 131 |
Wandsworth | 265,392 | 6,892 | 3,331 | 26.0 | 12.6 | 1.46 | 386 | — | 89 | 28 | 30 | 76 | - | 11 | — | 152 | 271 | 119 |
Camberwell | 271,240 | 6,937 | 3,705 | 25.6 | 13.7 | 1.30 | 354 | — | 82 | 31 | 19 | 68 | - | 9 | — | 145 | 327 | 124 |
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Greenwich | 103.493 | 2,676 | 1.383 | 25.9 | 13.4 | 1.30 | 133 | — | 18 | 5 | 16 | 14 | — | 5 | — | 75 | 130 | 119 |
Lewisham | 144,420 | 3,633 | 1,682 | 25.2 | 11.7 | 0.95 | 137 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 8 | 26 | - | 6 | — | 47 | 123 | 92 |
Woolwich | 125.372 | 3.546 | 1,604 | 28.4 | 12.8 | 1.02 | 128 | - | 13 | 10 | 18 | 16 | - | 7 | - | 64 | 190 | 102 |